diff --git a/dspace-jspui/src/main/webapp/collection-home.jsp b/dspace-jspui/src/main/webapp/collection-home.jsp
index c3b020c517..6bdd40ea19 100644
--- a/dspace-jspui/src/main/webapp/collection-home.jsp
+++ b/dspace-jspui/src/main/webapp/collection-home.jsp
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@
 <%  } %>
 
 <%
-	if (rs != null)
+	if (rs != null && rs.count() > 0)
 	{
 %>
 	<h3><fmt:message key="jsp.collection-home.recentsub"/></h3>
diff --git a/dspace-jspui/src/main/webapp/community-home.jsp b/dspace-jspui/src/main/webapp/community-home.jsp
index 775c47e37d..1fa374fb8d 100644
--- a/dspace-jspui/src/main/webapp/community-home.jsp
+++ b/dspace-jspui/src/main/webapp/community-home.jsp
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
 <p class="copyrightText"><%= copyright %></p>
 	<div class="row">
 <%
-	if (rs != null)
+	if (rs != null  && rs.count() > 0)
 	{ %>
 	<div class="col-md-8">
         <div class="panel panel-primary">